Iraq Probes Not on Lieberman Agenda

• By Emily Pierce
• Roll Call Staff
• Oct. 10, 2007, Midnight

The day news broke that the Iraqi government was revoking the license of Blackwater USA over a questionable Baghdad shootout that killed 17 civilians, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) announced plans for hearings to probe the State Department’s reliance on private security contractors.